Welcome to the Depression blog. I will use this space to write about interesting topics on the subject of depression and psychiatry in general.

My name is Chris Ballas, and I am a psychiatrist who works in a number of different capacities. I do inpatient and consult-liaison psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and work as a private practice consultant/forensic psychiatrist.

As an inpatient psychiatrist, I see patients with acute psychiatric issues. It is neither...